Racing Chat - Friday 17th November

[The Brigadier]

Cheltenham 1.45

Eleven line up for this two mile handicap chase which has an open look about it. Joe Tizzard’s Triple Trade ran well at the last meeting here when finishing runner up to the Irish winner Dancing On My Own with Guy 4L back in fifth. He can confirm that form and give Joe Tizzard another winner. He’s struck with six of his last 17 runners at the time of writing. A one pound rise is unlikely to bother him here and he may have most too fear from the Skelton runner Calico.

 

TRIPLE TRADE 1 point each way @ 5/1 William Hill 1/5th 1234

 

Cheltenham 2.20

Just the four line up here for this two mile Grade 2 Novices’ Chase. The favourite JPR One looks bad value at around the 6/4 mark and I’m happy to take him on with Homme Public. Trained by the very much in form Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero he made a winning chasing debut in a handicap at Wetherby last month, jumping particularly well and looks the value bet here under Henry Brooke.

 

HOMME PUBLIC 1 point win @ 5/1 BetVictor

 

Cheltenham 2.55

A field of thirteen for this Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase. It maybe fought out by the top two in the Gordon Elliott trained pair of Delta Work and Galvin. At level weights there was 2 1/2L in favour of Delta Work at the Festival and although he is actually a pound better may have to play second fiddle to his stable companion Galvin who has such a great record fresh and can give Elliott a one two.

 

GALVIN 1 point win @ 7/2 William Hill

 

Cheltenham 3.30

It’s hard to look beyond favourite Captain Teague who can carry a 5lb penalty and beat his seven rivals in this 2M 5F Grade 2 Novices’ Hurdle. A smart bumper horse last season who did best of the English contingent in the Cheltenham bumper in finishing third, he made a winning debut in the Grade 2 Persian War Novices’ Hurdle last month and his trainer Paul Nicholls thinks the world of him. He’ll be very to beat.

 

CAPTAIN TEAGUE 3 points win @ 4/6 William Hill

 

[black rabbit]

Belgoprince                                             4 05 Chlt/                          1/40th of a pt ew     18/1